Dr.
Alexander Choe earned his post-doctoral certificate in Periodontics
at the University of Washington in Seattle, his dental Doctor of
Dental Surgery degree at the University of California, San
Francisco, his Masters of Science degree in Biomedical Engineering
at the Columbia University in New York, and a Bachelor of Science
degree at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee.

He is
a member of American Academy of Periodontology, Academy of
Osseointegration, Spears Study Club, Seattle Study Club, and Troy
Study Club. Dr. Choe practices in Albany, NY. Dr. Choe and his wife
love watching Saturday morning cartoons with their 2year
old daughter.

Course
Description:

Dental Implant therapy has revolutionized how we practice dentistry
today. Research in implantology helped develop new techniques,
materials, and implant design to improve implant success. Today we
will review the newest innovations on both surgical and prosthetic
fronts of implant therapy.

Angulated Screw-retained Implant Crown

There
is a growing popularity in the dental community to use
screw-retained implant crowns to avoid sub-gingival cement around
dental implants. The disadvantage to using screw retained crown is
the need for precise implant placement in order to achieve optimal
and esthetic location of the screw access hole. Development of
angulated screw-retained implant now provides the flexibility to
place the screw access hole at angles up to 25 degrees. In this
section we will (1) review the mechanics of an angulated
screw-retained implant; and (2) discuss how it can be used in an
esthetic zone to avoid buccal screw access hole.

Collaborative Treatment Planning and Implant Abutment Selection

A
perfect implant placement is not determined by a surgeon, a
restorative dentist, or a lab technician. It can, however, be
achieved together as a dental team. In this section we will (1)
review the importance of pre-surgical digital treatment planning
with your dental team; (2) review and discuss selection criteria for
various types of abutments; and (3) review guided surgery to produce
the most predictable, esthetic, functional, and periodontally stable
dental implant.

Tissue Level Implant

Bone
level implants are the most commonly used type of dental implants,
where indications for tissue level implants are being forgotten. In
this section we will (1) review the biology and mechanics around
tissue level implants; and (2) explore the indications for tissue
level implants and when it is potentially more advantageous than
bone-level implants

Customized Allogenic Block Graft

Intraoral and extraoral autologous block grafts are effective
procedures for preprosthetic dentoalveolar reconstruction. In this
section we will review customized allogenic block graft as an
alternate to these traditional techniques. Customized allogenic
block graft is planned by CT-scan and created by a milling machine
to fit to any desired 3-dimensional bone contour.